Intelligent embedded experience gadget selection

ABSTRACT

A method for selecting an embedded experience gadget may include displaying an activity stream of a user on a social network, the activity stream comprising a plurality of events and detecting selection of an event from the plurality of events by the user. The method may also include determining a level of intersection between the selected event and each of a plurality of known gadgets and finding an optimal embedded experience gadget from the plurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection between the selected event and each known gadget. The method may additionally include associating the optimal embedded experience gadget with the selected event and displaying the optimal embedded experience gadget in association with the selected event.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/149,078, filed Jan. 7, 2014, the contents of which are herebyincorporated by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND

Aspects of the present invention relate to social media and networks,and more particularly to a method, system and computer program productfor selecting an embedded experience gadget for a selected event in anactivity stream.

Many enterprise social software products, such as IBM Connections, Jive,and similar social networking products are integrating an activitystream of a user's social networking activity and an embedded experienceconcept into their products. IBM and IBM Connections are trademarks ofInternational Business Machines Corporation in the United States, othercountries or both. Jive is a trademark of Jive Software, Inc. in theUnited States, other countries or both.

The activity stream concept is based on displaying a descendingchronological list of events for any actions going on in a user's socialnetwork or notifications that may be sent to the user. Adding anembedded experience concept to the activity stream may typically bebased on allowing a user to click on any of the events listed in theactivity stream and displaying a pop-up that provides additionalinformation about an object that may be the subject of the event or thatmay be associated with the event, as well as, optionally providing anability to perform actions on the object or perform actions related tothe object. The embedded experience concept may include an embeddedexperience gadget associated with the object in the event of theactivity stream. The embedded experience gadget associated with theobject may be based on a type of object that is the subject of theevent. For example, the embedded experience gadget may be an applicationor computer executable code for performing actions related to items orobjects such a status update, a blog, a wiki, a forum, a file, etc. Theembedded experience gadget may also be determined by the system wherethe event occurred or by the system that created the object. Forexample, when a Connections status update has been created, an event issent to the activity stream with details about the embedded experiencegadget that should be used for the pop-up. When third party sourcescontribute events to the activity stream, they will likely reference anembedded experience gadget that they are aware of Therefore, theembedded experience gadget selection is typically determined based onthe type of object associated with the event and the user or entitycreating the event or the object associated with the event. However, acontributing source to a user's activity stream may not be aware of allpossible gadgets that may be available and that may be associated withan event or object in an event as an embedded experience gadget. Theembedded experience gadget that is associated with the event or objectof the event by an originating system may not be of any use to the userwith respect to performing actions related to the object of an event.This can cause frustration and inefficiency if the user has to searchfor a more appropriate gadget or gadget that perform the requiredactions.

BRIEF SUMMARY

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for selectingan embedded experience gadget may include displaying an activity streamof a user on a social network. The activity stream may include aplurality of events. The method may also include detecting selection ofan event from the plurality of events by the user and determining alevel of intersection between the selected event and each of a pluralityof known gadgets. The method may additionally include finding an optimalembedded experience gadget from the plurality of known gadgets based onthe level of intersection between the selected event and each knowngadget. The method may further include associating the optimal embeddedexperience gadget with the selected event and displaying the optimalembedded experience gadget in association with the selected event.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a system forselecting an embedded experience gadget may include a processor and amodule operable on the processor for displaying an activity stream of auser on a social network. The activity stream may include a plurality ofevents. The system may also include a module operable on processor fordetecting selection of an event from the plurality of events by the userand a module operable on processor for determining a level ofintersection between the selected event and each of a plurality of knowngadgets. The system may additionally include a module operable on theprocessor for finding an optimal embedded experience gadget from theplurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection betweenthe selected event and each known gadget. The system may further includea module operable on the processor for associating the optimal embeddedexperience gadget with the selected event and a module operable on theprocessor for displaying the optimal embedded experience gadget inassociation with the selected event.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a computerprogram product for selecting an embedded experience gadget may includea computer readable storage medium having computer readable program codeembodied therewith. The computer readable program code may includecomputer readable program code configured to display an activity streamof a user on a social network. The activity stream may include aplurality of events. The computer readable program code may additionallyinclude computer readable program code configured to detect selection ofan event from the plurality of events by the user and computer readableprogram code configured to determine a level of intersection between theselected event and each of a plurality of known gadgets. The computerreadable program code may also include computer readable program codeconfigured to find an optimal embedded experience gadget from theplurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection betweenthe selected event and each known gadget. The computer readable programcode may further include computer readable program code configured toassociate the optimal embedded experience gadget with the selected eventand computer readable program code configured to display the optimalembedded experience gadget in association with the selected event.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention is further described in the detailed descriptionwhich follows in reference to the noted plurality of drawings by way ofnon-limiting examples of embodiments of the present invention in whichlike reference numerals represent similar parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings and wherein:

FIGS. 1A and 1B (collectively FIG. 1) are a flowchart of an example of amethod for selecting an embedded experience gadget for a selected eventin an activity stream in accordance with an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate an example an activity stream and intelligentselection of an embedded experience gadget in accordance with anembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block schematic diagram of an example of a system forselecting an embedded experience gadget in accordance with an embodimentof the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the presentinvention may be embodied as a system, method or computer programproduct. Accordingly, aspects of the present invention may take the formof an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment(including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or anembodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may allgenerally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module” or “system.”Furthermore, aspects of the present invention may take the form of acomputer program product embodied in one or more computer readablemedium(s) having computer readable program code embodied thereon.

Any combination of one or more computer readable medium(s) may beutilized. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signalmedium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readablestorage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic,magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system,apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Morespecific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readablestorage medium would include the following: an electrical connectionhaving one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, arandom access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber,a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storagedevice, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of theforegoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storagemedium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a programfor use by or in connection with an instruction execution system,apparatus, or device.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signalwith computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, inbaseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may takeany of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to,electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. Acomputer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium thatis not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate,propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with aninstruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmittedusing any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless,wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination ofthe foregoing. Computer program code for carrying out operations foraspects of the present invention may be written in any combination ofone or more programming languages, including an object orientedprogramming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C++ or the like andconventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C”programming language or similar programming languages. The program codemay execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user'scomputer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user'scomputer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remotecomputer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may beconnected to the user's computer through any type of network, includinga local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or theconnection may be made to an external computer (for example, through theInternet using an Internet Service Provider).

Aspects of the present invention are described below with reference toflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus(systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of theinvention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchartillustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in theflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented bycomputer program instructions. These computer program instructions maybe provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, specialpurpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus toproduce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via theprocessor of the computer or other programmable data processingapparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified inthe flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computerreadable medium that can direct a computer, other programmable dataprocessing apparatus, or other devices to function in a particularmanner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readablemedium produce an article of manufacture including instructions whichimplement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks.

The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer,other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to causea series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, otherprogrammable apparatus or other devices to produce a computerimplemented process such that the instructions which execute on thecomputer or other programmable apparatus provide processes forimplementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks.

FIGS. 1A and 1B (collectively FIG. 1) are a flowchart of an example of amethod 100 for selecting an embedded experience gadget for a selectedevent in an activity stream in accordance with an embodiment of thepresent invention. In block 102, mappings of gadgets known by a systemto specific keywords, specific phrases, specific actions, specificstring patterns or similar relationships may be created and stored. Thesystem may be a client computer system of a user, a server, or anenterprise social software product or application or other social mediathat may the operating on the client computer system or the server thatmay be accessed by a client computer via a network, such as the Internetor private network. The gadget mappings may be stored in a memory on theclient computer system, server or both or in a database that may beaccessible by the client computer system, server or above. As previouslydiscussed, a gadget may be an application or computer executable orreadable code that may perform certain operations or tasks. Examples ofgadgets may include but is not necessarily limited to a photo gadget forrendering images and modifying or enhancing images; a multi-media gadgetthat may be adapted to record and play audio or audio and videopresentations; an enterprise gadget for performing particular functionsrelated to a business; a gadget or allowing collaborative interactionbetween participants in a group; or other gadgets for performingspecific tasks or functions. Known gadgets or gadgets known by a systemmay include but are not necessarily limited to gadgets which haveregistered with the system, gadgets the system has been exposed to viaactions, such as for example, rendering an image, a gadget previouslyaccessed or used by a user, or embedded experience gadgets associatedwith objects and events in an activity stream. A registered gadget orgadget that has registered with a system may include but is notnecessarily limited to a widget. A widget or graphical user interface(GUI) widget may be an element or feature in a GUI that displays aninformation arrangement that may be changeable by a user. Examples of awidget may include but is not necessarily limited to a window or textbox presented in a GUI that allows information to be entered or changedby a user, such as a widget configured to allow entering a comment, awidget configured to allow uploading a photograph, a widget configuredto allow entering a vote to a poll or to enter other types ofinformation.

In block 104, an activity stream of a user may be displayed including aplurality of events in response to an action by the user, such as theuser accessing the activity stream, opening an application that involvespresenting an activity stream or some other action by the user thatdisplays the activity stream. The activity stream may be presented ordisplayed on a monitor or display of the user's computer system.Referring also to FIG. 2A, FIG. 2A illustrates an example of an activitystream 200. FIGS. 2A-2C will be described along with FIGS. 1A and 1B.FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate an example an activity stream 200 and intelligentselection of an embedded experience gadget in accordance with anembodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 2A, theactivity stream 200 may include a list 202 of events that may be listedin descending chronological order according to when each particularevent 204 a-204 c occurred or was created. Each event 204 a-204 c mayinclude an object 206 a-206 c. The object 206 a-206 c may includecontent and other data that may be the subject of the event 204 a-204 c.Each event 204 a-204 c may also include an identity of a source orcontributing source 208 a-208 c of the event 204 a-204 c. For example,the contributing sources 208 a-208 c illustrated in FIG. 2A display aname of a sender or source of the content 206 a-206 c of each event 204a-204 c.

Referring also to FIG. 2B, an embedded experience gadget 210 a-210 c maybe associated with each respective object 206 a-206 c of each event 204a-204 c. There may also be circumstances were an event or object of anevent does not have an embedded experience gadget 210 a-210 c associatedwith it. The embedded experience gadget 210 a-210 c may be displayed inresponse to the user activating or clicking on the event 204 a-204 c orthe object 206 a-206 c. Otherwise, the embedded experience gadget 210a-210 c may be hidden from view by the user similar to that illustratedin FIG. 1A.

As previously discussed, the particular type of embedded experiencegadget 210 a-210 c associated with each respective object 206 a-206 cmay be determined by the particular type or nature of the object 206a-206 c, where the event was created or originated and when the eventwas created or originated. Accordingly, the particular embeddedexperience gadget 210 a-210 c may not be the preferred or optimalembedded experience gadget for use by the user of the activity stream200 with respect to the object 206 a-206 c.

Referring back to FIG. 1A, in block 106, a selection of an event fromthe plurality of events of the activity stream by the user may bedetected. An original embedded experience gadget may be previouslyassociated with the selected event. For example, a particular embeddedexperience gadget may be associated with the object of the event whenthe event is created or occurs. For example, the comment/status updategadget 210 a may be originally associated with the object 206 a of theevent 204 a when the event is created or occurs.

In block 108, a level of intersection or matching between the selectedevent and gadgets known by the system or known gadgets may bedetermined. An optimal embedded experience gadget may be found from theplurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection betweenthe selected event and each known gadget as described in more detailherein. The optimal embedded experience gadget may be associated withthe selected event.

In block 110, the level of intersection or matching between the selectedevent and known gadgets may include analyzing the selected event toextract keywords, phrases, actions, string patterns and/or otherdistinguishing features or characteristics of the event that may be usedto match or determine the level of intersection or commonality betweenthe selected event and the known gadgets. The selected event may beanalyzed by analyzing the content and metadata of the object of theselected event to extract the keywords, phrases, actions, stringpatterns and/or other distinguishing characteristics. Natural languageprocessing (NLP) or similar processing may be used to extract thekeywords, phrases, actions, string patterns and/or other distinguishingcharacteristics. String patterns may refer to a set of keywords or termsthat match a sequence with a regular expression. The NLP processing willperform a parts of speech analysis and anaphora resolution includingidentifying verbs that may lead to synonyms for action words. Forexample, in the exemplary activity stream in FIGS. 2A-2C in event 204 b,the text “I listened to Jane Doe's song Down Low. Check it out”, may beparsed by NLP to resolve to “John listens to Jane Doe's song ‘DownLow’”. The parsing allows for a particular matching against the actionverb “listen,” subject identified as song, which helps to resolve to theoptimized gadget to download the song.

In block 112, at least one of the keywords, phrases, actions, stringpatterns or other characteristics extracted from the selected event maybe compared to the mapping of each known gadget to specific keywords,specific phrases, specific actions, specific string patterns or othercharacteristics associated with each respective known gadget. NLPprocessing or other comparative technology may be used to determine thelevel of intersection between the selected event and each known gadgetbased on the comparison of the selected event to the mappings of eachknown gadget.

An optimal embedded experience gadget may be determined from analyzingthe selected event and comparing at least one of the keyword, phrase,action, string pattern or other characteristic extracted from theselected event to the mapping of each known gadget to specific keywords,phrases, actions, string patterns or other characteristics. The optimalembedded experience gadget may be a gadget from the plurality of knowngadgets with an associated level of intersection that exceeds apredetermined threshold. If there is more than one known gadget with alevel of intersection that exceed the predetermined threshold, theoptimal embedded gadget may be the known gadget with the highest levelof intersection of all known gadgets that have a level of intersectiongreater than the predetermined threshold. The level of intersection maybe expressed as a probability of a match between at least one of thekeyword, phrase, action, string pattern or other characteristicsextracted from the selected event and the mapping of the known gadgetsmapped to specific keywords, phrases, actions, string patterns or othercharacteristic based on NLP processing. Examples of intersections orintersection points may include but is not necessarily limited to adirect match for a word or term, synonyms for words or terms, particularaction verbs from NLP processing may also be an intersection point. Thelevel of intersection or intersection point may be given a weight, forexample a direct match of a term would receive a higher grade, weight orlevel, while a synonym match would be a lower grade, weight or levelcompared to a direct match. Terms processed by the NLP processing may begiven a higher level of intersection or weight based on the type ofgadget.

The level of intersection between the selected event and gadgets knownby the system may also include a query of earlier events in the activitystream for embedded experience gadgets that may be related or share acommon thread to the selected event and may provide the optimal embeddedexperience gadget to be associated with the object of the selectedevent.

In accordance with an embodiment, finding the optimal embeddedexperience gadget may also include analyzing third party events in theactivity stream of the user based on the level of intersection betweenthe selected event and a respective embedded experience gadgetassociated with each third part event in the activity stream.

In accordance with another embodiment, finding the optimal embeddedexperience gadget may include determining an identification of eachsystem previously accessed by the user from activity data of the userand determining if any system previously accessed by the user includesany gadgets.

In block 114, a determination may be made if the level of intersectionbetween the selected event and any of the known gadgets exceeds thepredetermined threshold or if one of the known gadgets may be a closestmatch to the selected event based on the level of intersection aspreviously described. If the level of intersection between the selectedevent and the known gadgets does not exceed the predetermined thresholdor if there is no closest match between the selected event and the knowngadgets, the method 100 may advance to block 116. In block 116, theembedded experience gadget originally associated with the selected eventmay be displayed.

If the level of intersection exceeds the predetermined threshold orthere is a closest match between the selected event and one of the knowngadgets, the method may advance to block 118. In block 118, the optimalembedded experience gadget may be associated with the selected event inresponse to no embedded experience gadget having been originallyassociated with the selected event. If an original embedded experiencegadget was previously associated with the selected event, the optimalembedded experience gadget may replace the original embedded experiencegadget previously associated with the selected event or object in theselected event.

In block 118, the original gadget may be replaced with an embeddedexperience gadget of an earlier event and the activity stream inresponse to an overlap or relationship between the content of theselected event and the earlier event in the activity stream.

In block 120, the optimal embedded experience gadget may be displayed inassociation with the selected event in response to the user activatingor clicking on the event or object associated with the event. Referringalso to FIG. 2C the embedded experience gadget 210 a in FIG. 2B may bereplaced by the optimal embedded experience gadget 212 in FIG. 2C whichhas a level of intersection that exceeds the predetermined threshold andis a more appropriate embedded experience gadget for the object 206 a inthe example of FIGS. 2A-2C which involves of approval of a defect. Inthe example, keywords “approve” and “defect” may be extracted from theselected event 204 a using NLP processing or similar technology. Theextracted keywords may then be compared to the stored mapping of eachgadget known by the system to specific keywords, actions, stringpatterns or other characteristics, similar to that previously described,to determine a level of intersection between the selected event and eachof the plurality of known gadgets. The mapping of the gadget whichbecomes the optimal embedded experience gadget 212 includes similarkeywords or, in the example, matching keywords “approve” and “defect.”Therefore, the known gadget which becomes the optimal embeddedexperience gadget 212 will have a level of intersection that exceeds thepredetermined threshold, or in this example, there is a 100% level ofintersection or matching probability between the selected event and theoptimal embedded experience gadget 212 selected from the known gadgetsto replace the original embedded experience gadget 210 a previouslyassociated with the selected event 204 a. The optimal embedded gadget212 may include features 214 or mechanisms that may be more appropriatefor the event or responding to the event 204 a. For example, the optimalembedded gadget 212 may include features 216 for performing specificactions by the user related to the event, for example but notnecessarily limited to a link to access particular data, a web site,etc., perform a predetermined function, such as approve 218 somethingrelated to the event or perform some other functions. The optimalembedded gadget may also include a feature 220 or mechanism to switchback to an original embedded gadget or to present a menu for selectinganother gadget for use by the user.

FIG. 3 is a block schematic diagram of an example of a system 300 forselecting an intelligent embedded experience gadget in accordance withan embodiment of the present invention. The method 100 described withreference to FIGS. 1A and 1B and other exemplary features describedherein may be embodied in or performed by the system 300 or componentsof the system 300 as described below. The blocks in FIGS. 1A and 1B maybe considered modules operating on the system 300 or a processor deviceof the system 300. The system 300 may include a client computer system302 for use by a user. The computer system 302 may be any type ofcomputer device capable of performing the functions or operationsdescribed herein.

The computer system 302 may include a processor 306 to control operationof the computer system 302 and a file system 308, memory or similar datastorage device. An operating system 310 may be stored on the file system308 for running or operating on the processor 306. A social media andnetworking application 312 or similar application configured to performthe operations and functions described herein may be stored on the filesystem 308 for operation on the processor 306. The social media andnetworking application 312 may include a file or database of gadgetmappings 314. The gadget mappings may be include mappings of gadgetsknown to the system 300 to specific keywords, phrases, string patternsor other characteristics to which similar characteristics of a selectedevent may be analyzed and compared as described herein. The gadgetmappings 314 may be part of the social media and networking application312 as illustrated in FIG. 3 or may be a separate file or module fromthe application 312 but may operate in coordination with the application312 to perform the functions or operations described herein.

The social media and networking application 312 may also include a levelof intersection module 316. The level of intersection module 316 maydetermine an optimal embedded experience gadget to associate with aselected event or to replace an original embedded experience gadget asdescribed herein. The level of intersection module 316 may be part ofthe social media and networking application 312 as illustrated in FIG. 3or may be a separate file or module from the application 312 but mayoperate in coordination with the application 312 to perform thefunctions or operations described herein. The method 100 in FIGS. 1A and1B may be embodied, at least in part, in the social media and networkingapplication 312. The blocks of method 100 may define modules orsub-modules of the social media and networking application 314 ormodule.

Other applications 317, software programs or the like may also be storedon the file system 308 for operation on the processor 306. A web orInternet browser 318 may also be stored on the file system 308 foraccessing one or more resources, such as a server 320 via the network318.

In accordance with an embodiment, the server 320 or processing devicemay include a social media and networking application 322 for selectingan embedded experience gadget similar to that described herein. A moduleor file of mappings or gadgets 324 may be embodied in the social mediaand networking application 322 as illustrated in FIG. 3 or may be aseparate module or file from the application 322 but may operate incoordination with the application 322 to perform the functions oroperations described herein.

The social media and networking module or application 322 may alsoinclude a level of intersection module 326. The level of intersectionmodule 326 may determine an optimal embedded experience gadget toassociate with a selected event or to replace an original embeddedexperience gadget as described herein. The level of intersection module326 may be part of the social media and networking application 322 asillustrated in FIG. 3 or may be a separate file or module from theapplication 322 but may operate in coordination with the application 312to perform the functions or operations described herein. The method 100may be embodied, at least in part, in and performed by the module orapplication 322 or portions of the method 100 may be performed in wholeor in part by the module 312.

The computer system 302 may also include a display 330 for presentinguser interfaces, graphical displays as well as other content asdescribed herein. The computer system 302 may also include a speakersystem 332 for presenting any audio content. The computer system 302 mayadditionally include a microphone 334 for the user 304 to aurallycommunicate via the computer system 302 or control the computer system302 via voice commands.

The computer system 302 may further include one or more input devices,output devices or combination input/output devices, collectively I/Odevices 336. The I/O devices 336 may include a keyboard, pointingdevice, such as a mouse or other computer pointing device, disk drivesand any other devices to permit a user, such as user 304, to interfacewith and control operation of the computer system 302 and networkresources, such as server 320. The application 312 and other programs317 may be loaded on the computer system 302 from a computer programproduct, such as computer program product 338 using one of the inputdevices 336. The computer program product 338 or a similar computerprogram product may also be used to load the social media and networkingapplication 322 on the server 320. The computer program product 338 maybe embodied in a form similar that previously described.

The flowcharts and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate thearchitecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementationsof systems, methods and computer program products according to variousembodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in theflowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portionof code, which comprises one or more executable instructions forimplementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be notedthat, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in theblock may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, twoblocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantiallyconcurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverseorder, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be notedthat each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, andcombinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchartillustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-basedsystems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinationsof special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of embodiments ofthe invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the”are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the contextclearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that theterms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification,specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations,elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence oraddition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations,elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of allmeans or step plus function elements in the claims below are intended toinclude any structure, material, or act for performing the function incombination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed. Thedescription of the present invention has been presented for purposes ofillustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive orlimited to embodiments of the invention in the form disclosed. Manymodifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skillin the art without departing from the scope and spirit of embodiments ofthe invention. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to bestexplain the principles of embodiments of the invention and the practicalapplication, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art tounderstand embodiments of the invention for various embodiments withvarious modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and describedherein, those of ordinary skill in the art appreciate that anyarrangement which is calculated to achieve the same purpose may besubstituted for the specific embodiments shown and that embodiments ofthe invention have other applications in other environments. Thisapplication is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of thepresent invention. The following claims are in no way intended to limitthe scope of embodiments of the invention to the specific embodimentsdescribed herein.

1. A method for selecting an embedded experience gadget, comprising:displaying, by a processor, an activity stream of a user on a socialnetwork, the activity stream comprising a plurality of events;detecting, by the processor, selection of an event from the plurality ofevents by the user; determining, by the processor, a level ofintersection between the selected event and each of a plurality of knowngadgets; finding, by the processor, an optimal embedded experiencegadget from the plurality of known gadgets based on the level ofintersection between the selected event and each known gadget;associating, by the processor, the optimal embedded experience gadgetwith the selected event; and displaying, by the processor, the optimalembedded experience gadget in association with the selected event. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein an original embedded experience gadget ispreviously associated with the selected event and associating theoptimal embedded experience gadget with the selected event comprisesreplacing the original embedded experience gadget previously associatedwith the selected event with the optimal embedded experience gadget. 3.The method of claim 2, further comprising providing an option to switchback to the original embedded experience gadget previously associatedwith the selected event.
 4. The method of claim 1, further comprisingcreating a mapping of each of the plurality of known gadgets to specifickeywords, specific actions and specific string patterns related torespective ones of the plurality of known gadgets.
 5. The method ofclaim 4, wherein determining the level of intersection between theselected event and each of the plurality of known gadgets comprises:analyzing the selected event to extract at least one of a keyword, aphrase, an action, and a string pattern from the event; comparing the atleast one of the keyword, the phrase, the action and the string patternextracted from the selected event to the mapping of each known gadget tospecific keywords, specific phrases, specific actions and specificstring patterns.
 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising usingnatural language processing to analyze the selected event to extract theat least one of the keyword, the phrase, the action, and parts of speechfrom a content of the selected event and to compare the one of thekeyword, the phrase, the action and the string pattern extracted fromthe selected event to the mapping of each known gadget to specifickeywords, specific phrases, specific actions and specific stringpatterns.
 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the optimal embeddedexperience gadget is a gadget from the plurality of known gadgets withan associated level of intersection that exceeds a predeterminedthreshold, or a gadget of all known gadgets with a highest level ofintersection greater than the predetermined threshold, or with a highestprobability of matching the at least one of the keyword, the phrase, theaction, and the string pattern extracted from the selected event.
 8. Themethod of claim 1, wherein determining the level of intersection betweenthe selected event and each of the plurality of known gadgets comprisesquerying earlier events in the activity stream for the optimal embeddedexperience gadget.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality ofknown gadgets comprises at least one of a gadget stored in a registry ofa computer system, gadgets previously used or accessed by the user, andembedded experience gadgets associated with other events in the activitystream.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the level ofintersection between the selected event and each of the plurality ofknow gadgets comprises: extracting at least one of a keyword, a phrase,an action, and a string pattern from at least one of content andmetadata of the selected event; comparing the at least one of thekeyword, the phrase, the action, and the string pattern extracted fromthe selected event to the mapping of each known gadget to specifickeywords, specific phrases, specific actions and specific stringpatterns related to respective ones of the plurality of known gadgets.11. The method of claim 10, wherein comparing the at least one of thekeyword, the phrase, the action and the string pattern extracted fromthe selected event to the mapping of each known gadget comprises:determining an identification of each system previously accessed by theuser from activity data of the user; and determining if any systempreviously accessed by the user includes a gadget.
 12. The method ofclaim 1, wherein finding the optimal embedded experience gadgetcomprises analyzing third party events in the activity stream of theuser based on the level of intersection between the selected event and arespective embedded experience gadget associated with each third partyevent. 13-20. (canceled)